Beef Jerky - Good in protein

I was on a beef jerky kick for a while - my only issue is the amount of salt and nitrates that it contains, so now it's more of a once in a while snack vs something I eat a lot of.

It really is a great protein snack, and that shocked the heck out of me. The ETNT guys listed as a top 5 healthy snack the last couple of years. Before that I thought it was basically a meat version of a Twinkie. But it turns out it's basically pure protein and it's incredibly convenient to carry. Who knew? Certainly not me.

Here's a link to one of their many posts about beef jerky. http://eatthis.menshealth.com/node/186157

I have to admit, I like the stuff myself!!! Me, a woman. Have you tried the Jack Links brand? They have several sizes, and a 30g package is 100 calories, 1g of fat and depending on the flavor, roughly 17g of protein. Be wary of the sodium content though, it's about 650g of sodium a package - but keep in mind, this is for the whole package!!! Nice little treat, and they even have teriyaki flavor (a personal flavor of mine) so you can go normal or good and hot, the type is up to you. And again, great in protein.

So happy to see this! Been spending alot of time in the hospital waiting room wondering what kind of snack can i bring thats easy & will fill me up?

There's a Marathon Runner named Dane ... Rouchenberg (? spelling ?) and he used Beef Jerky as a protein after his races! Couple years ago he ran a marathon a week and now does a lot of Lean Beef promotions because of his love for beef jerky! It's a GREAT protein!

The salt is the only concern, and well the price.

It's red meat, so of course it's loaded with protein. It's preserved food, so of course it's loaded with sodium.

A serving or two a day would be OK, but you're paying a lot of money for red meat, and adding a lot of sodium at the same time. Just buy a small steak if you want a big protein boost using red meat without the expense and the salt.

I do use it as a high protein snack but not all the time...maybe a few times a month.

I actually read on the Men's Health website (was looking up stuff for my bf, I'm not a secret man) that beef jerky is excellent for a protein rich snack on the go. Just have to be careful about the sodium, because your typical convenient store jerky is loaded with it. Best to find a more high quality brand that's lower in sodium and additives

I have to admit, I like the stuff myself!!! Me, a woman. Have you tried the Jack Links brand? They have several sizes, and a 30g package is 100 calories, 1g of fat and depending on the flavor, roughly 17g of protein. Be wary of the sodium content though, it's about 650g of sodium a package - but keep in mind, this is for the whole package!!! Nice little treat, and they even have teriyaki flavor (a personal flavor of mine) so you can go normal or good and hot, the type is up to you. And again, great in protein.

Jack Links sweet and hot is awesome! They are right proud of it though.....its not cheap.

My husband makes beef jerky all the time, and it's fantastic - beats anything you can buy in the store, hands down. After I started losing weight, we spent a lot of time determining its nutritional value. We weighed the meat and measured all the marinade ingredients. After it marinated overnight, we measured how much was poured off, to get a more accurate estimate of what was actually absorbed by the meat. He also blots the meat with paper towels before putting it on the dehydrator. We then weighed the batch after it was done, and calculated the data per ounce.

He's able to slice it really thin, so most of the individual pieces weigh about .2 ounces (two-tenths of an ounce). Each piece is about 2" square. The nutritional value worked out great - 26 calories, 1 gram fat, 6 grams protein, and 122 mg sodium. Not as bad as I thought - as long as you can stop at one or two pieces.

Though this is pretty much on par with packaged jerky such as Jack's Links, this tastes better and is much thinner, making it easier to eat less of it.

I have to admit, I like the stuff myself!!! Me, a woman. Have you tried the Jack Links brand? They have several sizes, and a 30g package is 100 calories, 1g of fat and depending on the flavor, roughly 17g of protein. Be wary of the sodium content though, it's about 650g of sodium a package - but keep in mind, this is for the whole package!!! Nice little treat, and they even have teriyaki flavor (a personal flavor of mine) so you can go normal or good and hot, the type is up to you. And again, great in protein.

This is what I eat for snacks about 3 or 4 times a week, between 1 and 2 oz per.